Table 3.
Effects of dietary Ecobiol supplementation on growth performance of broilers1.
| Item2 | Ecobiol (mg/kg) |
SEM |
P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 2,000 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| 0–21 d | ||||||||
| ADG (g/d) | 37.08 | 36.41 | 37.26 | 37.33 | 36.04 | 0.42 | 0.393 | 0.215 |
| ADFI (g/d) | 47.56 | 46.43 | 47.06 | 47.66 | 46.50 | 0.56 | 0.619 | 0.964 |
| F:G (g/g) | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 0.01 | 0.713 | 0.231 |
| 22–42 d | ||||||||
| ADG (g/d) | 78.41 | 80.73 | 82.29 | 81.14 | 79.20 | 1.39 | 0.656 | 0.038 |
| ADFI (g/d) | 132.56 | 134.59 | 132.79 | 134.37 | 132.25 | 1.86 | 0.886 | 0.484 |
| F:G (g/g) | 1.69 | 1.67 | 1.62 | 1.66 | 1.67 | 0.02 | 0.405 | 0.039 |
| 0–42 d | ||||||||
| ADG (g/d) | 57.75 | 58.57 | 59.78 | 59.23 | 57.62 | 0.72 | 0.860 | 0.019 |
| ADFI (g/d) | 89.24 | 89.52 | 89.75 | 90.10 | 88.53 | 0.88 | 0.761 | 0.285 |
| F:G (g/g) | 1.55 | 1.53 | 1.50 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 0.01 | 0.514 | 0.021 |
Data are the means of 8 replicates per treatment with 18 birds per replicate.
Abbreviations: ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; F:G, feed to gain ratio.